Subj : Re: Jack Tramiel
To : Simon Geddes
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Thu Jan 23 2020 09:38 am
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:36:01 +1300, Simon Geddes wrote:
>
> Re: Re: Jack Tramiel
> By: Computer Nerd Kev to Andreas Kohlbach on Tue Jan 21 2020 10:17 pm
>
> > From a customer's point of view I think you can admire Tramiel much
> > more than Bill Gates. Tramiel used his ruthless business strategies
> > to cut costs and therefore be able to profitably sell computers
> > cheaper than anyone else - opening them up to some home markets that
> > otherwise might have been priced out. Gates just did his best to
>
> That really came across in the book I was reading. Most of Commodore thought
> they should concetrate on high-end PET-level machines, but Jack drove the
plan
> and ambition to do the Vic as a low-cost computer for all. I'm not sure , but
I
> feel this was partly motivated by a sense of public purpose.
May be he saw the success of the Apple ][ and TRS-80 in homes, while the
PET was more seen in offices and schools.
--
Andreas
